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<div><h1 class="article-title">What is the Preferences tool?</h1></div>
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    <p>Use Preferences to set configure how often you receive email notifications of site activity, to set your time zone, and to select your language.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Preferences.</h2>
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    <p>While viewing your Home site, select <strong>Preferences</strong>. </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Configuring your Notifications preferences</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Notifications.</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select notification preferences.</h3>
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<li>Click to expand the tool for which you wish to edit notifications preferences. Options will expand down from the tool that you've selected.</li>
<li>Choose notifications preferences based on the options available for the tool.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Update Preferences</strong>.</li>
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    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: Notifications settings only apply to low priority items. High priority items, as determined by the instructor or site owner that sends the notification, will still be sent via email regardless of your settings.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Configuring your Time Zone</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Time Zone.</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Choose your time zone.</h3>
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<li>Select your local time zone from the list.</li>
<li>Click<strong> Update Preferences</strong>.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Configuring your system language</h2>
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    <p>Use the <strong>Language</strong> area to configure the language that will display to you throughout the system.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Language.</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select a language and click Update Preferences.</h3>
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<li>Select your preferred language from the list.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Update Preferences</strong>.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Configuring your Sites display.</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Sites.</h3>
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    <p>Your Sites preferences will display.</p>
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<li>Choose to show the <strong>Site Title</strong> or <strong>Site Short Description</strong> in tabs.</li>
<li>Select any sites that you would like to Hide from your sites list.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Update Preferences </strong>to save your display settings.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Configuring the Rich Text Editor toolbar</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Editor.</h3>
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    <p>Use the <strong>Editor</strong> area to set the preferred feature-richness of the <a href="content.hlp?docId=whatistherichtexteditor">Rich Text Editor</a> throughout the system.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Choose Default Rich Text Editor toolbar layout, then click Update Preferences.</h3>
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<li>Select a toolbar layout:<ul>
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<strong>Auto detected based on browser size</strong>: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads with a simplified layout, but provides an option to expand it for additional features.</li>
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<strong>Force basic/mobile mode</strong>: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads with a simplified layout and you cannot expand it for additional features.</li>
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<strong>Force full/desktop mode</strong>: the Rich Text Editor toolbar loads fully expanded to display additional features.</li>
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<li>Click <strong>Update Preferences</strong> to save your selection.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Toggling Light and Dark Theme</h2>
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    <p>Use the <strong>Theme</strong> area to select your preferred site theme, i.e. Light and Dark mode. See <a href="content.hlp?docId=whatisdarkmode">What is Dark Mode?</a> for complete instructions. </p>
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